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JavaScript - flip canvas horizontally

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Giles-Whittaker

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In this article, we would like to show you how to flip canvas horizontally using JavaScript.

Quick solution:

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var canvas = document.querySelector('#my-canvas');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
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context.scale(-1, 1); // <--- flip horizontally
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context.font = '55px Arial';
context.fillText('text', -100, 50);

Note:

The x-coordinates of all points inside the canvas are negative now.

Practical example

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In this example, we use scale() method with negative x coordinate to flip the text on canvas horizontally.

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<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>
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    #my-canvas { border: 1px solid gray; }
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  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <canvas id="my-canvas" width="110" height="65"></canvas>
  <script>
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    var canvas = document.querySelector('#my-canvas');
    var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
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    context.scale(-1, 1); // <--- flip horizontally
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    context.font = '55px Arial';
    context.fillText('text', -100, 50);
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  </script>
</body>
</html>